Donabate Domhnach Bat
Location
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53°29′14″N 6°09′06″W / 53.4872, -6.1517
Statistics
Province:	Leinster
County:	Fingal
Population (2006)	5,499

Donabate (Domhnach Bat in Irish) is a remote suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The town lies about 25 km north of Dublin city centre on a small peninsula, which it shares with the townland of Portrane. The peninsula is situated on Ireland's east coast, between the Rogerstown Estuary to the north and the Malahide Estuary (Inbhear Domhnainn) to the south. Bullet for locations in Ireland, displays location and not area. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... GPS redirects here. ... When under Gaelic rule, Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the túatha. ... Statistics Area: 19,774. ... For much of its history, the island of Ireland was divided into 32 counties (Irish language contae or condae, pronounced IPA: ). Two historical counties, County Desmond and County Coleraine, no longer exist, while several county names have changed. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Swords Code: D (FL proposed) Area: 448. ... For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ... Portrane is a small seaside resort just one kilometre from the larger town of Donabate in Dublin, Ireland. ... Rogerstown Estuary is an estuary in Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference O225462 Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: sea level Population (2002) 11,596  Website: www. ...

Name

The name of the area, Donabate, supposedly means "Fort of the ferry", from Dún a' Bháid, referring to an ancient church which is in the townsland of Ballymadrough, west of Donabate, near the Malahide Estuary. Sadly, the true meaning has become lost in the mists of time. Donabate was sometimes spelt Donaghbate.

History

Donabate is reported to have had a population in 1912 of 734 persons living in 150 houses, and it remained a small village for more than a century. In recent years, however, because of the area's easy access to Dublin (improving roads and the presence of a railway station in the village), the population has begun growing quickly. In the 1996 census, the village's population was 1,868; by the time of the 2002 census it had doubled to 3,854, and by the 2006 census it was 5,499. 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The Central Statistics Office is the statistical agency responsible for Irelands census and other state data collection activities. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Donabate today

Administratively, Donabate is in Fingal county, the northern part of the traditional area of County Dublin. The Donabate-Portrane peninsula is in the Swords ward (or local electoral area, to give it its official title). The Swords ward is numerically the largest in Fingal county and elects five county councillors to Fingal County Council. In terms of national elections, the Donabate Portrane peninsula is the Dublin North constituency, which sends four Teachta Dála to Dáil Éireann. Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Swords Code: D (FL proposed) Area: 448. ... The British Isles are divided into the following traditional counties (also vice counties or historic counties). ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Dublin Code: D Area: 921 km² Population (2006) 1,186,821 County Dublin (Irish: Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath), or more correctly today the Dublin Region[1] (Réigiúin Átha Cliath), is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the capital and largest city... swords redirects here. ... A ward is an electoral district used in local politics, most notably in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and many cities in the United States and the federal district of Washington, DC. Wards are usually named after neighbourhoods... Dublin North is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, located in the northern area of County Dublin. ...

Donabate Parish Council is the community council for the Donabate Portrane peninsula. Donabate Portrane Community Centre is the area's newest public building. The peninsula has an active Chamber of Commerce, Scout Group (63rd Dublin 14th Port Donabate), two soccer clubs (St. Ita's A.F.C. and Portrane Athletic), a G.A.A. club (St. Patrick's Athletic), a Karate club, a Tae-Kwon Do club with de great colgo in it, a snooker club, a Historical and Folklore Society, a Bridge club, and many more groups. Donabate Portrane Neighbourhood Watch has recently been re-activated. Donabate Parish Council is the community council for the Donabate Portrane peninsula in North County Dublin and was established under the Local Government Act, 1941. ... Chambers of commerce are business advocacy groups which are usually not associated with government. ...

Donabate is the site of the Donabate-Portrane Educate Together national school.

Fingal County Council, together with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, plans to build a regional sewage treatment plant on the Donabate Portrane peninsula. This plan has proved controversial. The elected members of Fingal County Council declared their opposition to a regional sewage treatment plant on the 14th November 2005 [1]. Fingal County Council has 24 directly elected members. ... The Custom House, Dublin, is the headquarters of the Department. ... Sewage is the mainly liquid waste containing some solids produced by humans which typically consists of washing water, faeces, urine, laundry waste and other material which goes down drains and toilets from households and industry. ...

Controversial proposed area plan

On the 22nd March 2006, Fingal County Council published the draft Donabate Local Area Plan[2]. Donabate Parish Council, Donabate Portrane Chamber of Commerce and CADDD (Campaign Against Developers Dumping on Donabate) all oppose the draft plan.

See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

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External links

• www.donabateportrane.com — a community site dedicated to Donabate and its neighbouring village, Portrane
• www.donabatecommunityclub.com — the website for Donabate Portrane Community Centre
• Donabate in 1912 — (Porter's Guide and Directory for North County Dublin, 1912)
• Donabate in 1837 — (description from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837)